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Eastern Mennonite University receives $1.25 million to support secure parenting

September 12, 2023Last updated September 12, 2023 by Eastern Mennonite Seminary

Eastern Mennonite University has received a grant of $1,248,874 from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help establish Conectere, an interdisciplinary project that supports secure Christian parenting and caregiving. Conectere focuses on

Seminary’s new Lilly-funded conflict transformation program names new leadership

February 24, 2023Last updated November 2, 2023 by Lauren Jefferson

Eastern Mennonite Seminary’s new interdisciplinary pastoral leadership program focused on conflict transformation will be led by Jacob Cook, PhD, formerly of the Wake Forest University School of Divinity. Cook began

EMU Grad Spory Named Lilly Fellow

June 19, 2012Last updated July 3, 2012 by Mike Zucconi

Michael Spory, a 2011 Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) graduate, was one of 16 students nationwide accepted into Lilly Graduate Fellows Program through Christ College, an interdisciplinary honors college at Valparaiso

EMU Grad Named ‘Lilly Fellow’

May 21, 2008 by Jim Bishop

Donovan Tann at EMU’s 2008 commencement. (Photo by Lindsey Roeschley) A 2008 EMU honors graduate has received a major fellowship award for graduate study. Donovan E. Tann, an English major

Prof Selected for Summer Study Program

April 4, 2007 by Jim Bishop

Lara L. Scott Lara L. Scott, associate professor of visual and communication arts at EMU, has been accepted into a summer seminar, “Biblical Studies Across the Curriculum: Discerning Scripture for

Speaker Moves from Fear to Hope in Sept. 11 Speech

September 12, 2006 by Jim Bishop

A tall candle flickered on the podium, the word "hope" attached to the base. It seemed an appropriate symbol for the day, Sept. 11, 2006, exactly five years after terrorists’

Renowned Trauma Expert to Speak

August 28, 2006 by Jim Bishop and Andrea Wenger

September 11. Say no more, and horrific images of that day five years ago immediately spring to mind. How do people process such violent acts, whether victims themselves or onlookers

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Eastern Mennonite University receives $1.25 million to support secure parenting

Seminary’s new Lilly-funded conflict transformation program names new leadership

EMU Grad Spory Named Lilly Fellow

EMU Grad Named ‘Lilly Fellow’

Prof Selected for Summer Study Program

Speaker Moves from Fear to Hope in Sept. 11 Speech

Renowned Trauma Expert to Speak

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